Where does “buah keras” come from?

buah keras (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian buah, from Malay buah, from Malay nona, from Portuguese dona, from Old Portuguese dona, from Late Latin domna, from Latin domina, from Latin Dominus — to build; to arrange, to put together.

buah keras (Indonesian): a fruit with a hard shell or rind; a nux

Definitions

  1. a fruit with a hard shell or rind; a nux

Ancestry of “buah keras”, step by step

buah keras traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian buah

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianbuahfruit
2Malaybuahfruit
3Malaynonamiss, lady (young unmarried woman)
4Portuguesedonafemale equivalent of dono; A title of address to...
5Old Portuguesedona
6Late Latindomnalady, mistress
7Latindominalady or mistress of the house
8LatinDominusthe Lord; Lord; The Lord
9Latindomushouse, home; any building or abode; native place,...
10Proto-Italicdomoshouse, home
11Proto-Indo-Europeandṓmhome; house
12Proto-Indo-Europeandem-to build; to arrange, to put together

via Indonesian keras

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiankerasrigid; firm; stiff; hard; Difficult to cut or...
2Malaykerashard, stiff; rigid, inflexible; obstinate
3Classical Malaykeras
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*kəʀashard

Words derived from “buah keras

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dem-Every word from Proto-Indo-European dṓmEvery word from Proto-Italic domos